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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 01:41 AM
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Bill O'Reilly, Conservatives and the Culture Wars
Bill O'Reilly, Conservatives and the Culture Wars

May 4 2004
Counterbias.com
Scott C. Smith


It’s interesting to observe how conservatives react to certain situations. Take Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl. During the half-time show, she performed a number with Justin Timberlake. At one point Timberlake pulled off an article of Jackson’s clothing, which happened to be a piece that covered a breast, and for about one second an image of Jackson’s breast was beamed around the world.

Conservatives blew a gasket. They were greatly offended and lit up the CBS switchboard with complaints. Indignant conservatives demanded action and immediately got the federal government involved, through the Federal Communications Commission. The Jackson breast exposure was, in the eyes of right-wingers, another example of how the secularists were trying to take over America in an ongoing culture war.

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